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As part
of a VPP onsite evaluation team, an SGE contributes to the typically
week-long assessment of a VPP applicant’s or participant’s safety and health
management system. The team duties include but are not limited to reviewing
the written safety and health management system and supporting documents;
conducting a site walkthrough to observe working conditions and to verify
that: (1) hazards have been appropriately controlled, and (2) a comprehensive
safety and health management system has been successfully implemented; and
conducting formal and informal employee interviews.
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Qualified
volunteers from VPP sites are eligible to participate. These volunteers must
be approved by OSHA and funded by their companies to participate. After
submitting an application and completing the required training, these
volunteers are sworn in as SGEs and are approved to assist as VPP onsite
evaluation team members. All SGEs are initially appointed to a three-year
term of service. SGEs serve at the pleasure of the Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health. Service as an SGE is contingent upon proper
ethical conduct.
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As VPP
grows, the support of SGEs will continue to be a critical component of the
programs. The SGE Program encompasses the spirit of VPP - industry, labor,
and government cooperation. This cooperation embodies the idea of continuous
improvement, which allows SGEs to bring a unique perspective to the team
effort and take back to their sites ideas and best practices to further
improve worker protections.
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Assists OSHA’s onsite evaluation teams with industry employees; also Federal
employees
